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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Braconinae » Atanycolus

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Braconidae: Atanycolus? - Atanycolus -

Turtle River State Park, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
June 23, 2011
Size: Body Length ~ 1 cm

This looks like a female Braconid Wasp to me. Could it be in the genus Atanycolus?

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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 24 June, 2011 - 7:27pm
Last updated 27 June, 2011 - 12:41pm

Moved

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

… John S. Ascher, 27 June, 2011 - 12:41pm

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looks good to me

let's wait for Dr. Carlson though... Why is "tag · add comment · subscribe
Contributed by Carl D. Barrentine on 24 June, 2011 - 7:27pm" all in italics

… J. Anderson, 24 June, 2011 - 8:54pm

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?

I don't know much about braconids, except for distinguishing them from ichneumonids, but a braconid specialist told me that the antennal scape of Atanycolus is distinctive in being sharply excavated at both base and apex. Figures of the scape of Atanycolus show it to be rather elongate, and that does seem to be the case here.

… Bob Carlson, 25 June, 2011 - 5:56pm

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right, right, you're so amazi

right, right, you're so amazing with ichs that I forgot that you're not a braconid person...

… J. Anderson, 25 June, 2011 - 7:51pm

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Thanks, Bob!

A handy fact to know! I really appreciate learning about these little taxonomic details that seem to never be found in any of my field guides. That's what I really enjoy about this forum--I'm learning all the time! ;-)

… Carl Barrentine, 25 June, 2011 - 6:10pm

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Thanks, Jody!

I made a typographical error when I tried to italicize the possible genus for the Brachonid and the computer must have thought every letter after the command should be italicized, too. I see that error is fixed now.

I enjoyed reading your biography and I looked over your web page. Amazing! ;-)

… Carl Barrentine, 25 June, 2011 - 9:45am

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Thanks Carl (I really need to

Thanks Carl (I really need to update my site...)

… J. Anderson, 25 June, 2011 - 7:51pm

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